Excellence in First-Year Writing 2010 Book Release!

The Sweetland Center for Writing Prize Committee is pleased to announce the publication of Excellence in First-Year Writing 2010.

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The Sweetland Center for Writing Prize Committee is pleased to announce the publication of Excellence in First-Year Writing 2010. This collection of essays, a joint publication with the English Department Writing Program, features the prize winning essays and portfolios from the first inaugural First-Year Writing Prizes for 2010. These five essays and two portfolios were chosen from among 80 faculty nominations representing nine different academic units, including Great Books, Classical Civ, English Language Institute, History, Slavic Language and Literature, Comparative Literature, and the Residential College as well as EDWP and SCW. Nominees were chosen from among student work submitted for first-year writing classes taken during the calendar year 2009.

The publication, edited by Matt Kelley (SCW) and Chris Gerben (EDWP) features the following: